Since the beginning of the 2011 civil war in Libya, the country has experienced on-going armed conflict between rival militias and government forces. The resulting lawlessness has enabled armed groups, criminal gangs, smugglers, and traffickers to control much of the flow of migrants, sometimes with the direct backing of Italy and other European countries. In a submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the GDP highlights the impact this backing has had in bolstering the country’s detention infrastructure as well as the conditions detainees face in the country’s detention estate, and presents various recommendations that the UPR should urge Libya to address. Read more.
